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*Shadow's POV *
I was walking down the hallways with Rouge as she explained something about some new recruits when I suddenly felt my phone buzz. I pulled it out to see I had a message from Sonic.

S: I need help.

I stopped walking when I read it, and I showed it to Rouge.

Sh: What's going on?

S: *sent address* Please come. Alone.

I looked up at Rouge, and she nodded at me. "Go. I'll take care of things here."

"Thank you." I muttered, then I skated off to the address I was given. The house was in the forest and away from anyone else but not too far from the city. It had been hard to find, though.

I walked to the door and saw scratches on it, and dents as if someone had been attacking it. I walked in without knocking, creating a chaos spear, I no longer carried a pistol with me and got ready just in case someone attacked. But to my surprise, I saw Sonic heavily panting, trying to hold himself up with the help of Metal, who was dented and had one arm missing.

"What the hell happened here?" I asked as I walked to him and helped him walk to his couch, which had rips and tears. I turned to look at the rest of the house, the table had been flipped, and many things had been knocked and broken. Windows shattered, and the glass all over the floor.

"Shadow." I looked back down when Sonic grabbed my hand and squeezed it. "I'm trying my best." He let out a tear roll down his muzzle. "But why must I remain a hero when they think of me as a villain? Why must I sacrifice my own happiness? I can't be the hero anymore, but I don't want to be the villain either."

My heart broke at his words. I knelt down in front of him and hugged him tightly. I can't believe the world keeps turning on him, I can't believe that after everything good he does, they decide to focus on the bad. He's gone through enough, he's lived long enough to see himself being turn into the villain because he sacrificed everything, even his own sanity for everyone else. So why can't they leave him alone?

Sonic broke as soon as I hugged him. He hugged me tightly and hid his face on my shoulder as he cried on me. I moved up and sat by his side as I rubbed his back and let him cry. I looked at Metal, who walked around the house fixing some stuff and leaving me alone with him.

"I can't do this anymore." He said after a while as he pulled away and cleaned his tears. "I am so tired." I let go of him but stayed sitting beside him.

*Sonic's POV *
"Explain to me what happened." Shadow said softly. I rested my head on his shoulder, but this time, he didn't tense. He just let me.

"I've been getting harassed online, and people keep showing up at my door trying to get to me. This morning, someone actually broke my windows and broke in with a group and started attacking me." I explained as I closed my eyes, a few more tears escaping my eyes as I did so. "I couldn't fight back. When I tried to do so, they just started attacking more and saying I was just another villain who should be put down."

Shadow looked down at me. It felt like he was going to say something, but I kept talking. "They're right, Shadow. I shouldn't be here. I shouldn't be alive."

He immediately started growling and turned to face me, grabbing both my shoulders and pushing me roughly back into the couch. "Stop saying that!" He snapped at me. "It's not true!"

"It is!" I snapped back, holding his arms, trying to get him to let go.

"Why does everything have to be a struggle with you?" Shadow shouted back at me as he let go and stood up, pacing around in front of me. "You keep saying you want to die, you bring it up nearly every time I see you!"

"Because I should be dead!" I shouted back as I stood up as well. "Chaos! I should be dead! After everything I did, after hurting you and my friends! I betrayed all of you! And unlike the other 'villains' I am the one here. I am the worst one of them all! I can't even trust myself that I won't do the same again!" I cried, Shadow snapped his head to look back at me, he looked angrier than ever before, I'm surprised he hadn't attacked me yet.

"What is that in your arm?" He said as he saw my wrists. My ears pinned down immediately as I covered the cuts I had left myself. They hadn't healed yet. Shadow growled even louder as he walked to me and grabbed my hand, exposing my wrist. He then let go of my hand, pushing it away.

"Leave." I muttered, but he didn't hear me. "LEAVE!"

"I heard you!" He yelled but shook his head. "I can't leave!"

When did this become a fight? I had called Shadow over since Metal convinced me so I could talk to him. Metal wanted me to be open with my friends, and instead of calling Tails, I called Shadow first. Why had I done that?

"If I leave, I'll be wondering if you hurt yourself again. I am going to go insane thinking you hurt yourself again!" He kept raising his voice, but I wasn't afraid. He didn't react as if he was going to punch me, in fact, he was really worried about me.

"It's not like I'll die! Stop worrying about it!" I shouted back at him. "Just go back to hating me! Why do you suddenly care so much?!"

"Because I like you, you idiot!" His words left his mouth before he could stop himself. He froze.

The room suddenly went silent.

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